Producing living tissue or organs based on human cells is one of the main research fields in regenerative medicine. Tissue
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Novel techniques for three-dimensional visualization of microscopic structures in the human brain
A team of scientists from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and
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CRISPR-based diagnostic SHERLOCK optimized for rapid use during viral outbreaks: New technique enables SHERLOCK to detect a virus directly in bodily fluids, eliminating a step that required lab equipment and expanding the platform’s potential to quickly and cheaply track pathogens such as Zika during an outbreak
In a paper published today in Science, researchers at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard report a new tool that
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Why we need erasable MRI scans: New technology could allow an MRI contrast agent to ‘blink off,’ helping doctors diagnose disease
Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is a widely used medical tool for taking pictures of the insides of our body.
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Paralyzed patient feels sensation again
For the first time, scientists at Caltech have induced natural sensations in the arm of a paralyzed man by stimulating
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Organoids created from patients’ bladder cancers could guide treatment: Custom 3-D mini-tumors mimic individual patient’s cancer
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers have created patient-specific bladder cancer organoids that mimic many of the
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